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Reading

This is my place to suggest to you something that I've recently read and admired. All of these books can easily be found at your local booksellers, or online.
Read Antionio, read Antonio! Read and do not waste time.

The Burning

Tom Legendre. Little/Brown 2006.
What a book. Powerful and affecting. And darn fine prose.

 

Murder Ballads

Jake Adam York. Elixir Press, 2005.
Atmospheric and powerful poetry. Truly good stuff.

 

Men and Cartoons

Jonathan Lethem. Doubleday 2004.
A brilliant short-story collection. Read it for the story about the Vision alone.

 

Chris Ransick, Ghost Road Press 2006.
A follow-up to his book Never Summer, this collection sheds light on the small, too-often forgotten elements of living.

 

 

Late Bloomer: A Novel , Melissa Pritchard. Anchor, 2005. Wonderful book--witty and touching. A great read.

Straight Man: A Novel, Richard Russo. Random House, 1997. Great novel by the author of Empire Falls. Funny, too.

A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories, Ron Carlson. WW Norton, 2003. More great stories from one of the modern champions of the form. Actually, read anything by Ron. It's always worth your time. He'll hop-skip his way into your literary heart.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon. Random House, 2000. A magnum opus of literature and comic book history. A rousing, sprawling Bat-brawl of a book.